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Full time21 August 2021
Argentina
10–29
South Africa
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa · The Rugby Championship 2021Head-to-head

South Africa won by 19 points.

Scoring

  1. 12’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard0–3
  2. 18’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard0–6
  3. 23’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard0–9
  4. 25’PArgentina penalty · Domingo Miotti3–9
  5. 30’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard3–12
  6. 33’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard3–15
  7. 47’TSouth Africa try · Makazole Mapimpi3–20
  8. 48’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard3–22
  9. 53’TSouth Africa try · Malcolm Marx3–27
  10. 54’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard3–29
  11. 87’TArgentina try · Pablo Matera8–29
  12. 87’CArgentina conversion · Nicolas Sanchez10–29

Line-ups

Argentina

  1. 1Nahuel Tetaz ChaparroProp
  2. 2Julian MontoyaHooker
  3. 3Francisco Gomez KodelaProp
  4. 4Matias AlemannoSecond row
  5. 5Tomas LavaniniSecond row
  6. 6Pablo MateraFlanker
  7. 7Guido Petti PagadizabalFlanker
  8. 8Rodrigo BruniNumber 8
  9. 9Gonzalo BertranouScrum-half
  10. 10Domingo MiottiFly-half
  11. 11Santiago CarrerasWing
  12. 12Jeronimo de la FuenteCentre
  13. 13Santiago ChocobaresCentre
  14. 14Ignacio MendyWing
  15. 15Juan Cruz MalliaFull-back
  16. 16Facundo BoschBench
  17. 17Facundo GigenaBench
  18. 18Santiago MedranoBench
  19. 19Marcos KremerBench
  20. 20Juan Martin GonzalezBench
  21. 21Felipe EzcurraBench
  22. 22Nicolas SanchezBench
  23. 23Lucio CintiBench

South Africa

  1. 1Trevor NyakaneProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Thomas Du ToitProp
  4. 4Marvin OrieSecond row
  5. 5Lodewyk De JagerSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Franco MostertFlanker
  8. 8Jasper WieseNumber 8
  9. 9Cobus ReinachScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Makazole MapimpiWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Lukhanyo AmCentre
  14. 14Cheslin KolbeWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Mbongeni MbonambiBench
  17. 17Steven KitshoffBench
  18. 18Frans MalherbeBench
  19. 19Nico Janse van RensburgBench
  20. 20Kwagga SmithBench
  21. 21Dan Du PreezBench
  22. 22Jaden HendrikseBench
  23. 23Damian WillemseBench

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Context

All-time, Argentina 4–36 South Africa, 1 drawn in 41 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Argentina going in
South Africa going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.